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One
Born	Niigata, Japan
Area(s)	Manga artist
Notable works	One-Punch Man Mob Psycho 100 Versus
Awards	Sugoi Japan Award (2016) Shogakukan Manga Award (2017)
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ONE (stylized in all caps) or Tomohiro is the pseudonym of a Japanese manga artist, who is best known for his web manga series One-Punch Man, which was later remade into a digital manga illustrated by Yusuke Murata. One serializes the One-Punch Man webcomic on his own website under no official publisher, while the manga remake is serialized in the web version of Weekly Young Jump. His other well-known series, Mob Psycho 100, was serialized in the online version of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, Ura Sunday.

Early life

One was born in Niigata and grew up in Saitama. While visiting his grandparents in Niigata, his parents bought him a series of manga called Crayon Shin-chan by Yoshito Usui. One was a fan of the manga, which influenced his decision to become a manga artist, and began practicing on his notebook during middle and high school.

Career

In July 2009, One began publishing a short version of One-Punch Man on Shintosha, a comic-posting website. He later began irregularly uploading One-Punch Man to his FC2 blog on July 3, 2009. Originally, One-Punch Man was intended to be a one-off to further practice drawing, but became a series following positive reception. Due to its humorous setting and story, One-Punch Man became popular in Japan. One had a special interest in creating a protagonist that had already become the strongest in the world, which enabled him to concentrate on a different perspective of the background and storytelling. One stated that he envisioned the protagonist, Saitama, as a character capable of adapting to the world that surrounded him, with his primary obstacles being mundane things. Before One decided to become a full-time manga artist, he had taken several hiatuses from updating the webcomic, including a one-year hiatus in February 2010 to work at a full-time job, and a two-year hiatus after releasing the 109th chapter in January 2017.

Manga artist Yusuke Murata was interested in One's work and eventually reached out to One. The two would collaborate in publishing two one-shots in 2012; Dotō no Yūshatachi, which released on April 1 in Weekly Young Jump, and Dangan Tenshi Fan Club, which released on April 17 in Miracle Jump. A remake of One-Punch Man began serialization in Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website on June 14, 2012. One-Punch Man would also receive an anime adaptation, announced in the 15th issue of Weekly Young Jump on March 10, 2015. The first season aired in Japan from October 5 to December 21, 2015, with live-action film adaptation also in development. The same year, One wrote and illustrated Mob Psycho 100, which began serialization in Shogakukan's Ura Sunday webcomic magazine on April 18, 2012. The protagonist, Shigeo Kageyama, is meant to come off as "somewhat standoffish or nerdy," while also possessing heroic traits. The series finished on December 22, 2017. On November 26, 2022, Versus began serialization in Kodansha's Shonen Sirius magazine, written by One and illustrated by Kyōtarō Azuma.

Works

Awards and nominations

References

1. ^ "Original One-Punch Man Web Manga Gets New Chapter After 2-Year Hiatus". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
2. 「bizmash!」終了のお知らせ — bizmash!：@nifty Archived February 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Bizmash.jp. Retrieved on February 25, 2016.
3. "ネット発 マンガ革命". Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
4. 裏サンデー | モブサイコ100 Archived October 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Urasunday.com (November 20, 2015). Retrieved on 2016-02-25.
5. "ワンパンマン原作ONE氏がマンガを書き始めたきっかけとは - ログミー". logmi (in Japanese). Retrieved June 23, 2016.
6. ^ "WEB漫画が拓く未来 Vol.2「『ワンパンマン』作者.ONEインタビュー」". Tokyo Reimi Note (in Japanese). January 14, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
7. ^ "ワンパンマン". galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
8. ^ "'One Punch Man' Creator Reveals How He Created Saitama". Anime. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
9. ^ Chapman, Paul. ""One-Punch Man" Anime Greenlit". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
10. ワンパンマン ヒーロー大全. Shueisha. October 3, 2015. p. 190. ISBN 978-4-08-880549-8.
11. "村田雄介×「ワンパンマン」ONEの異色コラボ読切がYJに". Natalie.mu (in Japanese). Natasha Inc. April 1, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
12. "ONE×村田雄介、再び!バトル少女とファンクラブ描く読切". Natalie.mu (in Japanese). Natasha Inc. April 17, 2012. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
13. "VIZ Blog / One-Punch Man Vols. 1–2". www.viz.com. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
14. "Young Jump Launches Free Site with Eyeshield 21's Murata (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
15. "One-Punch Man Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
16. "One-Punch Man Anime's October Premiere Confirmed". Anime News Network. July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
17. Kroll, Justin (April 21, 2020). "Sony Developing Film Based on 'One Punch Man' Manga Series With 'Venom' Writers (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
18. WEBマンガに嵐の予感「裏サンデー」無料＆ほぼ毎日更新. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
19. Luster, Joseph (July 11, 2016). ""Mob Psycho 100" Creator ONE and Director Yuzuru Tachikawa Discuss the New Anime!". Crunchyroll. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
20. Sherman, Jennifer (December 19, 2017). "ONE's Mob Psycho 100 Manga Ends on Friday". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
21. ^ "One-Punch Man, Mob Psycho 100's ONE Launches New Manga". Anime News Network. July 22, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
22. "村田雄介×「ワンパンマン」ONEの異色コラボ読切がYJに" [Yusuke Murata x ONE collaboration on YJ]. Natalie (in Japanese). January 4, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
23. "弾丸天使ファンクラブ — ONE/村田雄介" ['Bullet Angel Fan Club' — ONE / Yusuke Murata]. Tonari no Young Jump (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2018.
24. "魔界のオッサン — ONE" ['Makai no Ossan' — ONE]. Tonari no Young Jump (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2018.
25. @NEBU_KURO (November 19, 2013). "こちらはONE先生、西村キヌ先生、俺というメンバーで作った同人誌「地球の怪獣」。80ページ超の読み切り漫画です。アリスさんは海外発送もOK。" [This is the doujinshi "Monster of Earth" made by ONE-sensei, Nishimura Kinu-sensei, and myself. It is a one-shot manga with over 80 pages. Alice can also ship overseas.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved November 29, 2019 – via Twitter.
26. "ゴキブリバスター — 原作: ONE / 作画: 村田雄介" ['Cockroaches Buster' — Writer: ONE / Illustrator: Yusuke Murata]. Square Enix (in Japanese). Retrieved October 9, 2018.
27. Sherman, Jennifer (March 16, 2018). "Mob Psycho 100's Reigen Gets Spinoff Manga on March 19". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
28. 掲載作品すべて連載第1話のYJ新増刊発売、ONE×設楽清人の"第1話"も. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 27, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
29. Loveridge, Lynzee (January 20, 2014). "10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
30. McMillan, Graeme (April 22, 2015). "Marvel, DC and Fantagraphics lead 2015 Eisner Award nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
31. Cavna, Michael (July 5, 2016). "'Bloom County' and 'Bloodshot Reborn' are among the multiple 2016 Harvey Award nominees". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
32. Loveridge, Lynzee (March 22, 2016). "'Your Lie in April', 'One-Punch Man' Top Sugoi Japan Awards 2016 Results". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
33. "'Mob Psycho 100' among the winners of the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award". Manga.Tokyo. January 23, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
34. McMillan, Graeme (August 14, 2019). "2019 Harvey Awards Nominees Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

External links

• One at IMDb
• One at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

v t e One-Punch Man by One and Yusuke Murata
Media	Manga chapters Anime episodes Season 1 2 A Hero Nobody Knows
Characters	Saitama

• 1986 births
• Living people
• People from Niigata Prefecture
• Manga artists from Saitama Prefecture
• Pseudonymous artists
• One-Punch Man
• Japanese webcomic creators
• Anonymous artists